Posts by: jo j

Hi Kea, Ive had a quick look through my old good food's but the only two i could find are Nov,01- moroccan lamb tagine from food&drink or Feb,02- lamb tagine with figs and walnuts, hope this helps......?!? Let me know if you want either or both recipes

Hi there, thought i'd tell you about a salad my Great Grandmother used to make and I still do... Its called Vinegar Salad. Chop some lettuce, tomato's,cucumber and onion. Put them in a bowl, sprinkle over a tsp or two of normal sugar and then add lots and lots of malt vinegar. Cover it will film, put it in fridge and leave it... Shake it up every few hours or so. The longer you leave it the better it tastes!!! Goes great with everything from cooked meats and cheeses,also tastes fab just eaten by itself. I made it for our recent housewarming party and it went down a storm

try putting them in a sterilised bottle or jar and fill it up with olive oil.....

hi, another idea would be to put a few whole chilli's into a bottle of vodka for a few weeks....

hi, i saw the best on tv the other day and they cooked it in olive oil and balsamic, hot oven for 10-15 mins... looked lovely

hi, when we have mash I use milk and butter-beating them into the mashed potatoes until smooth. Try cooking the potatoes in cold water from the tap not hot or boiling because it makes them sloppy and lumpy...
Good luck with your cooking, Jo

your right BeccaNurse... tsp of cayenne pepper into flour. sorry ;-)

Hi Debbie2, thanks for that, it sounds great, il have to try that real soon, in the end we went out for an indian and thoroughly enjoyed it.... so I didnt do any cooking!!! -or washing up after!! ;-)

Hiya Jacki, she dusted them in flour then egg then flour again.... The web site is www.nigella.com
The book nigella bites is great and full of really good recipies-well worth buying..Hope this helps, Jo

Hi folks, i know we all like to help out with problems so heres mine... I'm trying to think of something different for tomorrow night's dinner..
I've got some fresh-not canned Pease Pudding (which is great cold spread on ham sarnies with pepper or hot with hot pork pies)
but I've got chicken fillets and smoked bacon, and the usual stuff in fridge.........
Now I'l leave it up to you
Jo xx

hi peeps,
our family love turnip (swede) and carrot mash-exactly like you said little eddie but use carrots instead of potatoes, we finish it off with butter and fresh fround black pepper.... lovely!!

Also try tossing onions and peppers in olive oil and baking in a hot oven til singed-lovely with sausages..

My favourite one is equal measures of bailey's, tia maria and cream over ice-the pubs call it an Orgasm...
Or just serve bailey's over lots of crushed ice-bliss in a glass!!!!!!!

pierce the lamb, add slices of garlic and sprigs of rosemary. pour over couple of cap fulls of pernod and roast slowly in over for couple of hours until lamb is very tender. use all the jiuces to make a delicious gravy.......

Hi, if you put almond slices in the search bar you will get about 9 different things-try out the Bakewell Pudding (putting flaked almonds onto it instead of the pine nuts...)

Cor-Ive just had a major flash back!!!! I turned 30 on sunday too!!!i I remember it and loved it but alas no recipe.
Hated the school mince though.....

This is what i got wrote down....
Missippi Mud Pie...c/o andrew nutter......

175g melted butter
1 pkt crushed digestives
55g crushed walnuts
Mix them all together, press into cake tin, refridgerate..

350g melted chocolate
300ml whipped cream
500g marscapone cheese
mini marshmallows-handfull
2tsp coffee syrup
50g caster sugar
Add 2tbsp cream to chocolate first then the rest of cream,add all other ingredients, pour on top of base and put back in fridge..

375ml dbl cream
75g sugar
boil for 6 mins, then add..
175g melted chocolate
175g butter

Pour over pie and leave to set,cut into slices and enjoy....(extra thick double cream sounds good to me...) ;-)

Hi Morrisey,
here's my recipe....
Take packet of mince, 2 diced onions, 3-4 med carrots, sliced, salt and PLENTY of pepper 5-6bovril cubes<NOT oxo> and cover with enough boiling water out of a kettle to cover. Bring to the boil and simmer for couple of hours, stiring ever so often... When everything is soft slightly thicken with mix of cornflour and water, then drain fluid off into another pan. Put mince and veg into oven proof dish and top with the mashed potatoes and finish off with grated cheese-red works best.
Put under hot grill untill golden and bubbling. While that is happening make a gravy with the juices. Heat them up untill boiling, remove from heat and add more of the cornflour mixture until it is thick enough for you. Its great served with home cooked chips.......enjoy Jo

hi,i know knorr or some one like them are doing frozen herbs like garlic-try looking in asda or morrisons, im sure ive seen them in there... good luck hunting....

try boiling some new potatoes til just cooked, drain them,toss them in garlic butter and bake them in hot oven til golden and crispy-they always go down really well at our bbq's...

hi jack, could always try them crumbled onto luxury ice-cream, or if you want to put them into cakes or the like try soaking them in a warmed liquour or sweet sugar syrup to soften them slightly first...?

people will probably not like me for this but try a shop bought pepper sauce... We like it with strips of steak and onion cooked together, cook sauce in same pan and serve with rice. or you can use sauce poured over steak of chicken.. good luck

is it butter cream filling your after? butter and loads of icing sugar and a little bit of vanilla extract...?

Hi I dont know of an alternative but have you tried gently warming the liquid with large strips of zest in it and using that after taking zest out? or try using the juice added to the liquid (ie milk )?